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(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 1.

C. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

Patented May 17, 1887.

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(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet G. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

No. 362,954. Patented May 17, 1887.

(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 3. O. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

No. 362,954. Patented May 17, 1887.

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O. W. GREEN.

TOLL GATE.

No. 362,954 Patented May 1'7, 188'].

.flliomayz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES \V. GREEN, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

TOLL-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,954, dated May 1'7,1887.

Application filed October 3, IFSG.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. GREEN, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements inToll-Gates, of which the following is a specification. D

The object of this invention is to provide gates for use at ferries,railroad-stations, and other places where it is desirable that thepassage of each individual may be under such con ditions that the samemay be noted or registered.

The said invention is more particularly designed to be used inconnection with any suitable recording or registering devicessuch, forexample, as'are very commonly employed with turnstiles; but the saidinvention is not limited to use in such connection.

Said invention comprises certain novel combinations of parts, wherebythe opening of one gate or door is caused to be substantiallysimultaneous with the shutting of another, and vice versa, so that aperson. opening the one and passing through the gateway thereof will ofnecessity have to open the other, and the two being so arranged that butone person can pass at a time, such passage is capable of beingdistinct-1y noted, registered, or recorded, the said invention alsoembracing various novel combinations of parts, whereby motion may betransmitted from the one gate or door to the other with ease andcertainty, and whereby the apparatus is made strong, effective, anddurable.

Figurelis an elevation showing the construction and arrangement of theworking parts of an apparatus embraced in my said invention. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse sectional View taken in the line w m 3 1 of Fi 1.Fig. 3'is a plan or top View of said apparatus, the top of theinclosing-frame being removed to show the parts. Fig. 4. is a horizontalsectional view taken in the line to w of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is amodification showing a cam-bar instead of an elbowlever. Fig.Grepresents a modification in which ropes with weights are used foroperating means instead of the elbowlever. Fig. 7 represents an enlargedview of some of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. Sis asectional view ofthe yoke shown in Fig. 7.

sectional view on line ac as, Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a Figs. 10

Serial No. 215,140. (No model.)

and 11 represent enlarged views of the elbowlever with anti-frictionroller shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 12, 13, and 14 represent modifications,showing operative means for actuating the sliding gate in unison withthe hinged gate.

A is a gate or door, hinged at (a a, and when opened or shut swinging onsaid hinges a.

B is a gate or door situated or arranged in suitable guides, B, andsliding therein.

O is the passageway. It is intended in practice that the passengersshall approach the passage 0 in the direction indicated by the arrow inFig. 4, the gate B being pushed inward or back to leave open the passage0, as far as concerns the gate B, while said passage is closed by thegate A. The passenger or person advancing passes from the passage 0 bypushing outward said gate A, which, as will hereinafter be explained,actuatcs the gate B to slide outward to close the passage 0 behind thepassenger or person as the gate A is opened, thereby preventing theentrance of another passenger or person until the gate A is returned toits place, and the gateB is thereby caused to slide back to its originalposition, whereupon another passenger or person may advance and actuatethe gate A with the same operation upon the gate B, and so on adinjinitum.

\Vhen desired, the passenger or person may of course approach from theopposite direction, in which case the operation of the two gates will bereversed.

The normal position of the two gates is more clearly shown in Fig. 4.The position of the gates in Figs. 1, 2, and3isthesame as in Fig. 4. Asrepresented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, motion is transmitted from one gate tothe other as follows: The sliding gate B is suspended from horizontaltrack D by brackets 12, which are preferably provided with anti-frictionrollers 0. (Shown in dotted outline.)

E is a lever, the upper end of which is pivoted, as shown at e, to theupper part of the frame-work which surrounds the upper part of theapparatus, and the lower end of which is slotted, as shown at f. Thelever E is arranged to swing in a plane parallel with the movement ofthe sliding gate B. A broadheaded bolt, 9, is passed through the slot fand'sccured to the gate B, preferably near the inner edge thereof, asshown in Fig. 1. The bolt 9, instead of having a broad'head, may beprovided with a washer or key, as indicated at a in Fig. 2.

It is of course to be understood that where the slotted lower end of thelever E works upon the bolt 9 in the operation of the sliding gate Bsaid bolt 9 should be provided with an anti-friction roller to obviatethe friction, which might otherwise impair or hinder the operation ofthe said parts.

F is a swinging bar, pivoted, as shown am, to

i the upper part of the gate-frame, and intended to movein substantiallythe same plane or in a parallel plane with the lever E. The 10 wcr endof the swinging bar F is connected with thelever E by a horizontal linkor bar, G. On'this horizontal bar G is a stud or shoulder, H, the face bof which is of suificientlength and width to receive the impact of theend of an elbow-lever, I, which is attached at or near the top of thehinged gate A,at or near the inner edge thereof, in such a manner thatwhen the gate is swung outward the outer or free end of the elbow-leverI will strike the shoulder H, and thereby move the same, together withthe horizontal bar G, outward in the direction of the arrow shown in theupper part of Fig. 1, the said movement of the bar G swinging the leverE in a corresponding direction, and the latter in turn sliding outwardthe gate B to close the passage 0 as the hinged gate A is swung open. Tofacilitate the operation of the elbow-lever I upon the shoulder H, theouter or free end of the said elbow-lever should be provided with anantifriction roller, 0. i

J is a spring, one end of which is affixed to the gate-frame,'and theother end of which is attached to the elbow-lever I in such a manner asto tend to retract the said elbow-lever in a direction the reverse ofthe arrow in said Fig. 1, thereby tending to shut the hinged gate A whenthe same is relieved from action in an outward direction. When desired,this spring J may be replacedby orsupplemented by a spring arranged toact directlyupon the hinged gate A to tend to close the same,'asindicated at Jin said Fig. 1, or by a springhinge," commonly so termed,of suflicient strength, arranged to tend to close the said hinged gate.

K is a spring, one end of which is affixed to the gate-frame L, and theother end of which is attached to the lever E in such manner as totendto retract the said lever and to draw the sliding gate B back to itsoriginal position as the hinged gate A is closed. In order to avoid jarand concussion when the sliding gate .13 is thus brought back to itsplace, india-rubber buffers f are arranged in the adjacent gate-post Lin such a manner as to receive'the impact of the inner edge of the saidsliding gate B when the same is brought back to its place, as setforth.In order to avoid jar and concussion of said gate 13, and also to avoidliability of injuries to persons who may come in contact with it, theouter edge of said gate It is of course to be understood that theelbow-lever I has its swinging end at such distance from the shoulder Hwhen the hinged gate A is closed that the latter may be opened to aconsiderable extentas, for example, as shown in the dotted outline inFig. 3before the said'elbow-lever begins to act upon the said shoulderH.

It will be further observed that by suitably proportioning the length ofthe said elbowlever I and the long and short arms of the lever E anydesired ratio of speed between the movement of the sliding gate B andthe movement'of the hinged 'gate A may be obtained, compensation beingthus afforded for the stationary condition of the sliding gate B duringthe first part of the movement of the gate A.

M is an-inverted horizontal ratchet, which may be most convenientlysupported by the horizontal bar D, and the shoulders of which are towardthe outer edge of the sliding gate 13. Attached to the latter, as morefully represented in Figs. 7 and 9, is a pawl, N, the office of which isto engage on occasion with the ratchet M. The pivot of this pawl isindicated-at g in Figs. 7 and 9, and from the inner end of the said pawlextends an upright arm, N, at the upper extremity of which is a yoke, a.the opposite ends of which constitute stops at, as shown in the topdetail view of Fig. 8.

R is an oscillating lever, the lower end of which is pivoted to the armN, as shown at 0, (see Figs. 7 and 9,) and the upper end of whichextends upward within the yokeopand is preferably provided with ananti-friction roller, m. A leaf-spring, m, is affixed to the slidinggate, and is curved, as shown at r, in

such a manner as to afford two inclined planes;

0 and n, which are so arranged that the action of the plane 1* upon theupper end of the oscillating lever It will tend to move the same in onedirection, while the action of the other inclined plane, a, will tend tomovethe said lever It in an opposite direction. The construction andarrangement of these parts are more fully represented in Figs. 7, 8, and9, and the moving parts may be most conveniently attached to the slidinggate B by means of the two supporting-plates S S, as shown in Figs. 7and 9.

T is a stop, (shown in Figs, 1 and 3,)in contact with which the lever Ris brought toward thecompletion of the outward movement of the slidinggate 13. The normal position of the parts is such that when the saidsliding gate 13 is moved inward to close the passage (3, as hereinbeforeexplained, the pawl N will remain in gear with the ratchet M, so that ifany attempt to reverse the movement of the gate B be made by forceapplied thereto such movement will'be resisted by the ratchet and thepawl. When the hinged gate A is suffered to return to its closedposition, as hereinbefore explained, the reverse movement of theelbow-lever I brings the latter against the oscillating lever B untilthe same is brought from the inclined plane a to the inclined plane 1"of the lcaf'spring m, the end of the oscillating lever B being therebybrought against the adjacent shoulder a of the yoke 92, whereupon thebackward movement just mentioned of the oscillating lever B iscommunicated to the arm N of the pawl N, there by bringing said pawl outof contact with the ratchet M, thereby disengaging the sliding gate Bfrom its connection with the ratchet and permitting the reverse movementof the said sliding gate B consequent upon the closing of the hingedgate A, hereinbefore explained. As the sliding gate approaches the endof its reverse movement aforesaid, the stop T strikes the adjacent sideof the oscillating lever It and forces the same back to its posi- ""tionin which it is acted upon by the inclined plane a, whereupon, the saidlever It coming in contact with the other or opposite shoulder, a, thearm N is correspondingly tilted and the pawl N is again brought intogear or connection with the ratchet M. The coincident movement of thehinged gate A and the sliding gate B may be registered by any suitableregistering apparatus, to which movement is communicated from one or theother,or both,of the said gates, as represented in Fig. 1.

The registering apparatus may be actuated by mechanism as follows: Ahorizontal rod, A, has one end pivoted to the lower arm of anelbow-lever, which is supported by the adjacent gate-post G, orotherwise. The opposite end of the rod A is supported in asuitably-fixed guide, 0 and is so arranged that during the closingmovement of the gate B the lever E will strike the red A, and therebyactuate the elbow-lever B, so that the latter, through the rod D maygive motion to a crank, F which in its turn may be connected, by anysuitable mechanism, with a bell or other suit able signal device, andalso with any suitable recording apparatus; but as neither such signaling nor such recording device forms in itself any portion of thisinvention, the same has been omitted from the drawings.

\Vhen desired, the modified apparatus represented in the plan view in Fi5 may be employed for transmitting motion from the swinging gate A tothe sliding gate B. In this a horizontal lever, A, works on a verticalpivot, a. One arm, If, of this lever A is so arranged as to be actedupon by the gate A when the latter is swung open, the gate A beingpreferably provided with an anti-friction roller, 0, to provide a bufferfor the arm I) of the said lever. The other arm, (1*, of the said leverA is curved to constitute, in effect, a cam, which acts upon a stud oranti-friction roller, 6", on the top of the sliding gate B. \Vhen thearm I) is swung outward by the opening movement of the hinged gate A,the

cam-like action of the arm d moves inward the sliding gate B. When thearm I)" is relieved by the release of the gate A, the lever A ispermitted to resume its original position,

the sliding gate B being retracted by the.

extends from the swinging edge of the hinged gate A over a pulley, g,attached to the adjacent gate-post O, a cord, B, which is connected, bylink h" or otherwise, to the lever E, from which, over a pulley, m,attached to the adjacent gate-post L, is another cord, A", to which isattached 'a weight, a". The lever E is connected with the sliding gate Bin substantially the same manner as represented in Fig. 1. The outwardor opening movement of the gate A draws upon the cord B, and therebyactuates the lever E to move the sliding gate B in due relation with thegate A. \Vhcn the gate A is released, both of the gates A and B,together with the lever E, are drawn back to their original position bythe weight a acting through the cords B and A". \Vhen desired, themovement may be transmitted from the hinged gate A to the sliding gate Bby the modified mechanism illustrated in Fig. 12, which is also a planview. In this the gate A is provided with an arm, D, which, when thegate A is swung open, acts upon the radial arm E of a toothed sector, F,which gears into a pinion, G, the pinion and the sector having suitablejournals, 1" and 8, supported on the fixed upper part of the gate-frame.The pinion G gears into a straight rack, II, attached to the top of thesliding gate B. The spring J is arranged in relation with the slidinggate B in substantially the same manner as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, andfor the same purposes. \Yhen the gate A is swung open, motion istransmitted through the sector,

pinion, and rack to slide inward or close thegate B. lVhen the gate A isreleased, the spring Jrctracts the gate A to its original position,and,transmitting motion through the rack, pinion, and sector aforesaid,closes the gate A. In the modification shown in planin Fig. 13 provisionis made for two separate passages O and two swinging gates A, eachhinged as shown at a, and which are, in fact, duplicates of the swinginggate shown in the other figures, as hercinbefore set forth. The singlesliding gate B is used, and to the top of this is attached the rack H,as shown in Fig. 12. Into this rack H gears a sector, J which works on avertical shaft or pivot, t2 dircctto which, or to the sector, areattached two levers, K and K, one of which bears against ananti-friction roller, a, on the outer edge of the left-hand hinged gateA, and the other of which bears against another anti-friction roller(also indicated by the reference-letter a") oted to the said latches.

arrangement, which will close the same when relieved from the outwardpressure exerted in openingit,so that each gate,afterbeing opened, willreturn independently to it's closed position. When the otheras, forexample, the left-handgate (indicated in Fig. 13) is moved outward, itacts upon the lever K, and thereby causes the gate B to slide outwardbehind the person opening the said gate in the same manner and for thesame purpose that it had previously moved with reference to the other ofthe said gates A. In order that the left-hand one of the gates A shallnot be opened until the ri ght-hand gate is closed, provision is madefor locking the gates alternately, as follows:

Two latches, B, are hingedadjacent to the gate-posts L and O, and areconnected by a horizontal bar, 0', the ends of which are piv- Each ofsaid latches is provided with the latching-shoulders c and with aninclined shoulder, d'i- Thelatches B work on vertical pivots c and thesaid latches are themselves horizontal.

Projecting upward from the top of each gate is the studf When theleft-hand gate A is closed, its stud f strikes the incline 01 andthereby swings the latch B until its latchingshoulder o passes over thestud f and thereby prevents the opening or swinging movement of theadjacent gate A. The movement just described of the one latch B istransmitted through the bar 0 to the other latch B,' and tilts thelatter outward and away from the position of the studs f of the othergate, thereby permitting the latter to be swung open. The

operation of the said'other gate in relation with the adjacent latchBand its adjuncts is of course simply a repetition of thatjustdescribed.

In the modification represented in the elevation represented in Fig. 14a cord, D, eX- tends from the free or swinging end of the gate A over apulley, g, as more fully represented in Fig. 6, and thence passesthrough a hole or slot in abraeket, which is attached to the slidinggate B, thence over the pulley m, scoured to the side post, L, and hasattached to its extremity a weight, a. The cord D has secured to it astop, h, which is arranged behind the braekct 9 From the bracket 9extends a cord, '5 over a pulley, j, secured to the upper cross-bar ofthe frame-work of the apparatus, and it has at itslower end a weight, kWhen the gate A is swung open, it draws upon the cord D, and through thestop h and the bracket 9 draws inward the sliding gate B. When the gateA is relieved from pressure in its opening or outward movement, it isclosed by the action of the weight n exerted through the cord D",simultaneous with which the sliding gate B is drawn back to its originalposition by the weight k acting through the cord 1'.

. The gates Aand B may be of any suitable construction and of anyrequired width or height. When desired, they may be composed partly ofwire-netting, as illustrated in Fig. 1, in order to permit a clear viewthrough the said gates when in their closed position.

'It is of course to be' understood that the passage 0, in which thesliding gate B moves, and the place occupied by the hinged gate A whenthe same is closed, should be of such length or size as may be requiredby the passenger in operating the apparatus, as hereinbefore explained.

WVhat I claimas my invention is 1. The combination of a hinged gate anda sliding gate with a lever actuated by the hinged gate and mechanism,substantially as described, connected to the sliding gate, whereby theaction of the hinged gate in either direction actuates the sliding gatein the opposit direction, all substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of anelbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having a stud or shoulder, H,and means for supporting the end of the said bar G opposite thatattached to the lever B, substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth.

3. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of anelbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H and meansfor supporting the end of the said bar G opposite that attached to thelever E, and spring J, substantially as and for the purposeherein set'forth.

4. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of anelbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having a stud or shoulder, H,and means for supporting the end of the said bar G opposite thatattached to the lever E, and spring K, substantially as and for thepurpose herein setforth.

5. .The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, ofan elbow-lever, l, leve'r E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H andmeans for supporting the end of the said bar G opposite that attached tothe lever E, and springs J and K, substantially-asand for the purposeherein set forth.

6. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of anelbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H, andswinging lev-er or bar F, substantially as and for the purpose hereinset forth.

7. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of anelbow-lever, I, lever E, horizontal bar G, having shoulder H, swinginglever or bar F, and spring J, substantially asand for the purpose hereinset forth.

8. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, of anelbow lever, I,

scribed, connected to said gate B, for imparting motion to said gate Bin an opposite direction from that of gate A, the ratchet M, the pawl N,and means, substantially as described, connected to said pawl, forengaging the said pawl with and disengaging the said pawl from saidratchet, as described, all as set forth.

11. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, ofthe ratchet M and pawl N, having the oscillating lever It, yoke a,shoulders at, leaf-spring at, having the inclined planes 0 and a, andmeans, substan tially as described, for actuating the oscillating leverB in unison wit-h the movement of the sliding gate B, all substantiallyas and for the purpose herein set forth.

12. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, ofthe ratchet M and pawl N, having the oscillating lever B, yoke a,shoulders 12', leaf-spring m, having the 111- clined planes 1* and a,and elbow-lever I, attached to the hinged gate A, all substantially asand for the purpose herein set forth.

13. The combination, with the hinged gate A and the sliding gate B, ofthe ratchet M and pawl N, having the oscillating lever B, yoke a,shoulders at, leaf-spring m, having the inclined planes 1" and a, andelbow-lex'er I, attached to the hinged gate A, and stop T, allsubstantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

14. A toll-gate having a hinged gate and a horizontal sliding gate, andprovided with a lever adapted to be actuated by the movement of thehinged gate in either direction, and thereby actuate the sliding gate inan opposite direction, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES \V. GREEN.

\Vitnesses:

SILAS W. HOLCOMB, VM; A. LEFFINGWELL.

